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NWHS band to perform in Hawaii by CHRIS BURRITT
Aside from performing, the band plans to visit historic military sites, such NW GREENSBORO – Members of Northas the USS Arizona Memorial and the west Guilford High School’s marching band Polynesian Cultural Center, McMath are traveling to Hawaii to perform a consaid. They also plan to hike at Diamond cert Dec. 7 as part of the 80th CommemoHead, an inactive volcano on the island rative Concert Series at Pearl Harbor. of O’ahu. Sixty-seven students, accompanied It’s the band’s first trip to Hawaii, by families and band staff, will depart where they’ll be among other bands, Saturday, Dec. 4, and return home the orchestras and choir groups performing to following Thursday, Dec. 9. A total of 156 people are going on the trip, according to commemorate the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, according to the band director Brian McMath. website of Pearl Harbor Concerts. Performances will take place on Ford Island, an “It is going to be a chockedactive military base, and at the Pearl Harbor Museum’s Hangar 79. full educational and cultural
experience, and we get to perform,” McMath said in an interview earlier this week.
The NWHS band plans to preview its Pearl Harbor performance with a concert at the high school Thursday, Dec. 2. The musicians plan to perform holiday
music during the preview concert, in Hawaii and again at the high school for the holiday concert Dec. 16, McMath said.
want to help? Northwest Guilford Marching Band is conducting its annual fresh fruit fundraiser through Florida Indian River Groves, with some of the proceeds from this fundraiser going to help cover travel expenses for the band’s trip to Hawaii next month. To order your fruit online, visit www.floridaindianrivergroves.com, click on “Order Now” at the top of the homepage, then enter Northwest Guilford Marching Band’s ID number: 103127. You can also order from any band member, or by emailing band director Brian McMath at mcmathb@gcsnc.com.
Wreaths over Northwest This holiday season, BSA Troop 219G will be placing wreaths in honor of the almost 600 veterans buried in northwest Guilford cemeteries. The troop is seeking sponsors for this initiative and plans to make it an annual tradition. The recommended donation is $20, although any donation will be appreciated. To support this project, visit www.wreathsovernorthwest. weebly.com.
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